Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-23

ticipate In that soci.1 Hs N liked Z n .
tributed itself over o,,a. lie which N
u uPJn irien pil eurbstones the u
were comprised in Tsma aocent dslIsi,.
system Of discipline. Ia sslIy Pinrkns,.
in early hours, as be1,, osilesed hlu.sl
light, and six nights on, y, ~ tcoloa, !
him already In his 49," ~ " Tie seven 4. :
before the last lingerIug ~ and n ha \,
twilight had quite faded IKE u. g Tie ,srs,1
expecting, OF course ill., wy Of the Il,
hours from his daughter regularity !;
Therefore, RETURNING <.
sion unusually late-the bc1'. On :, one "a,
c :. pal. chapel few blocks ds,a 7. az = Eps
struck ll--his ready wrath aA,ant had ~
by seeing feeble ray tll,sr,.wa kinds
one Of the windows on ,h ~ out frum
Immediately again, and TIno y edlsappaad
that was the way with o y supps.d
that Bertha had grown nerra sl'ese gfll.
down and then into the baer w. !, and ess
the kitchen, there to woi, - tne hous
In accordance with this sno, ~ ietura'
s s. OF applying his latch 't sa ,. b
front door he made detonr 4, Asy 70 u,
the house and came out h. ~ i zoe SIDED
fence surrounding the va,s ,ae broka
pee, oeen a good many heavy clouds s, WE. W
ing the moonlight, so that tbs 10, o,1stiuc-
rather dark. But at that ma n.y. ulsnt M
shone forth with a sudden silv nasll IN tis
and Timothy distinctly saw splendo',
something-dart rapidly acro. solhe one.
Now, Timothy had well n,e MI ny y, !art
the occurrence of that Other ioreetba
night. For a few DAYS lthor aass'lofabI,
never tolerated an aliusIor y ne hsd
Bertha, after that one mornar. y Inn
stricken abandon) he had been = !, aof'l
with an abiding terror, which eys .sua'es
and tnen sent the cold persni,,.s ly DON
ming down his back. But tx, l'iva rus.
off, and he had recently oplv loa Iaa Fdn
upon what had happened then ' - ostt
hallucination which had come ~ Il, .poa
heated blood and overtaxed ne ~ 0' 4
general indisposition; PROMISING &c t,ss y
grimly, that if ever he wrouob. - hlnssf
thinking of Beattie and all tbat da.s, ?
ness again, buried long aeo-1 - 0' \
would know it'll "su y
But all this elaborate .na -
philosophy sank together liks , ueasal
ashes when he saw that shadow Nv, 10y |, y
yard. His knees shook and h. i ~. y
trembled. He stood still, with ii, . s..a
les pounding wildly and his evas =, ,t !, q.
into the yard, which the moon nav ~ s, r.l
once more, only illuminated Il ~.
and ghostly way. 'A1a'
Then he saw ray OF light shro -,
from the kitchen window. To n,ass ~
dash for that became his onIy in.ss -
To stand there second loprsr IA {
come unbearable. y
He moved and passed through tbs O.,
in the fence. He took few stems sor =
thing moved in front of him. -'
He wanted to cry out. but b;s .or,r,
seemed glued to the roof Of his month s- :
Again a sudden burst of mooulirs.
And this time no mistake, no del,..o.
possible. Four steps in front Of I'M
turning a CHASTITY white face upou hin
rooted to the spot, stood Beattie,
Beattie. as he had stolen up to The "a,
in the fence that other night, pressed N
face through it and gazed at him with Il,
distended eyes, and vanished
A low cry of horror came from Il,
house. The kitchen door had bssI
opened. Bertha stood upon the thres
hold. One second she stood. then Il,
glided forward and past the apparitt,
and threw herself on her fathers trsss.
Father, fatherl Oh, don't look 50 sE
fully! Say somethingr'
"Sir-Mr. Pinckney,n said the aprai
ton, instead, and, for an appariton. 4
had wonderfully substantial vote
though one that trembled and cuaksl
II can explain everything il you viii l.
me-"
Eyes, yes; he can explain everything
repeated Bertha, Historically,
Eyes, sirl Explain, sirl Explsint
Numbered Timothy Pinckney, in temen
dous tones. "Who are you, sir Trs
passing in my yard at this time Of niglis
"Mr. Pinckney, my name is Beaitis
"Beattie9 l see it is, siri Go on
"And-and-and-Mr. Pinckney, !
i love Bertha and Bertha loves me-
1.-The devil she doesp'
'Look here, young man, Il I'm notml
taken, | used to know your father.
"Oh, father" moaued Miss Berth
again.
Don't be foolr' said the Old ma
sharply to his offspring. Then-"Con
in, both of you"
When the trembling culprits soa
under the dim light of the tallow WICK
the kitchen, Timothy looked Beatte's .
over with lynx eyed scrutiny under
beetle brows.
''Humphl You don't look so aWtul
like your dad after alp
Then-"How longs this thing been :
ing on under my nosey" ;,
We've been keepin' company since u
winter, Mr.. Pinckney, and Bertha pm
ised to marry me then. Only as you We
kinder opposed to her meetin' young nls
we sorter kept it quiet, and Bertha
used to come out in the yard sonleuaes
"While you skunk around the leA'
eh?'
"Oh, fatherw came from Bertha
Timothy had been Illuminating.
He looked up. ,,,
"You got enough to support wiz v,
eyes, sir" proudly, from the eSpV''-
bridegroom.
"Well, you can have her."
ooh, father" said Bertha iVe HIM ], ~
later, as father and daughter galilsu Nv. y.
sleeping apartments upstairs, VIVA,
what made you look so dreadful w VA, !
saw Beattie standing in the yarg' :
looked most-most as frightened g
didr' ,r
"Hold your tongue and mind YOU ~ A.
ness, will you?n said Timoth! ~